How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad

In this episode of How to Build the Future, Garry sits down with Parker Conrad, Co-founder & CEO of Rippling, the all in one HR, Finance and IT software company that’s valued at $13.5 billion. Conrad is the co-founder of two unicorns and has one of the more dramatic startup journeys in recent years. In this interview Conrad discusses his origin story, the lessons learned from his first two startups, how AI is changing the game and why he thinks the future will be defined by "compound" software startups. Apply to Y Combinator: https://ycombinator.com/apply Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 02:19 - Childhood 04:17 - Entrepreneurship 07:29 - Challenges 10:10 - When startups die 12:46 - Why YC? 15:24 - Zenefits 17:47 - PMF 20:50 - Transition 25:13 - Second startup 30:35 - Compounding 36:26 - Enterprise AI 40:27 - Founder mode 43:07 - Future?